patriam deserimus casei gratia

Calling it "Ozymandias" might help you keep it in the correct perspective, prioritywise...

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Because the Mighty committee will look upon my works and despair of my contributing to the good reputation of the university?

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Well, that wasn't exactly the interpretation I was going for...

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Then was it that by writing it I, like the character in "The Watchmen," would do something so unspeakably horrible that humanity would have no choice but to put aside their differences and band together for survival?

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Having just started my Master's Paper, I think a good name for your dissertation would be: "the suck". It describes so many things, like how its a time suck, and how well, it just sucks, and probably other things I'm not thinking of now :)

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"and probably other things I'm not thinking of now :)"

... and because it makes one want to sit in a corner, rock back and forth, and suck their thumb from time to time!

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And I have to suck down all sorts of caffeine while I'm doing it...

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"And I have to suck down all sorts of caffeine while I'm doing it..."

See?

I give you permission to use my Master's Paper word for your dissertation, if you want to. ;)

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Cheese Doodle

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Okay, I seriously need to pay more attention.

All this time I thought you were female.

Sorry.

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Silly! Then I'd be Quaelibet!

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While I sure gathered pretty quickly that you were male, it was not because of the name. Most of us dont even recognize latin beyond "et tu, brute?" So, what does Quislibet mean?

-signed, The Incurably Curious

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Well, the "S" should drop out except in medieval Latin (oops), but quilibet, quaelibet, quodlibet means "whoever (whatever) you wish."

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I punched for 'the Diss' on mine, giving it the pleasant connection with Dis, "dissing", and psuedo-Cockney rhyming slang style for taking the piss. Yeah. Admittedly, this was a British art college dissertation, and a measly 6-8000 words. Whooo.

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Is that the one you've been posting? At least you had pretty pictures!

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Yep, that's the one. I figured it would at the very least amuse other people. They are cute pictures. *grin* Translating the Gothic and Lolita magazine was honestly the only pleasure I had in writing the damn thing.

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I think any name with Xerxes has to be a winner. Brings out that whole feeling of neccessary destruction of something... though it's nicely rounded off with Algernon, which at least on the surface sounds a little more peaceful. Also, adding the 'III' makes it seem as if you have done this twice before, giving you a new level of confidence.

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Hmm... I'm not sure that tricking myself into thinking I'd done it twice before would really be comforting.

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Eheu! fugaces labuntur annui!

Cast that aside, my friend! And call it boldly: 'Coraticum'

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You don't have to tell ME that labuntur anni! I've been ABD for as long as the period in which some more intensely focused colleagues have begun their degree program, finished it, and moved on to tenure-track positions.

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I'm split between Fat Eddie and Mustapha.

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I know it's hard, but in the end, you have to go with the one that will treat you right.

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That's it...I'm going out in the street to drum up other people to vote for Consuela. I just like saying it :)
(It sounds so...not French. There are good odds that Spanish names are only exotic this close to Quebec, eh?)

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For some reason the name "Consuela" was a joke-name amongst my circle of high school dork friends. I guess it was exotic enough in south central Ohio, too.

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